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The fusilier, standing on top of Image], a memorial erected in Whitehead Gardens for members of the Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment who were killed in the South African wars at the start of the twentieth century. The regiment headquarters was in Bury. See also Image The memorial was Grade II-listed in 2017 (List Entry Number: 1440258 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440258 Historic England)

Memorial dedicated to the members of the Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment who were killed in the Boer Wars.

Grade II listed.

The memorial, seen here with the 2012 Olympic Rings, was erected in Whitehead Gardens for members of the Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment who were killed in the South African wars at the start of the twentieth century. The regiment headquarters was in Bury. The inscription on the plaque reads: "To the glorious memory of Lancashire Fusiliers line militia & volunteer who gave their their lives for their sovereign & country in South Africa 1900-2. This monument is erected by their comrades of all ranks & by friends of the regiment" Image] The memorial was Grade II-listed in 2017 (List Entry Number: 1440258 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440258 Historic England)

Erected in memory of the soldiers of the regiment who died in the second Boer war, 1900-1909.

The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial at the southern end Bury’s Whitehead Gardens comprises a sandstone plinth with bronze inscriptions and a realistically-depicted statue of a soldier in ‘review order’ uniform in a pose of dignified triumph, holding aloft his busby in his right hand and with his left heel slightly raised. The soldier is depicted wearing the regiment’s home uniform, rather than the one worn in South Africa, allowing the full regimental honours to be displayed. The memorial was unveiled by the 17th Earl of Derby on 18 March 1905. The statue was originally erected in Market Square in Bury town centre (where it is marked on the 1910 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map), before being moved to its present site in 1920 where it is marked on the 1930 1:2,500 map. The inscription on the plaque reads: "To the glorious memory of Lancashire Fusiliers line militia & volunteer who gave their lives for their sovereign & country in South Africa 1900-2. This monument is erected by their comrades of all ranks & by friends of the regiment" Image] The memorial was Grade II-listed in 2017 (List Entry Number: 1440258 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440258 Historic England)

The inscription on the war memorial Image

This tree was planted in Whitehead Gardens as recognition of workers killed or injured in the workplace and for those who have died or are suffering as a result of work-related diseases. It was donated by members of the Bury Branch of the union, UNISON. Image]

The plaque under Image] reads: This tree was planted in recognition of workers killed or injured in the workplace and for those who have died or are suffering as a result of work-related diseases. "Remember the dead and fight for the living" Donated by members of the UNISON Bury Branch

Whitehead Gardens is the triangular-shaped piece of land between The Town Hall, Knowsley Street and Manchester Road. The displays for 2012 are on a sporting theme (in particular, the 2012 London Olympics).